Dr. Meredith Walton (left) and her father, Dr. Edward "Skip" Walton (right), helped resuscitate David Beeler III, 26, (center) after he went into cardiac arrest at the LPGA Volvik Championship on May 27, 2017, in Ann Arbor. (Photo provided by North Star Reach)

Dr. Meredith Walton (left) and her father, Dr. Edward "Skip" Walton (right), helped resuscitate David Beeler III, 26, (center) after he went into cardiac arrest at the LPGA Volvik Championship on May 27, 2017, in Ann Arbor. (Photo provided by North Star Reach)

ANN ARBOR, MI - As the final rounds of the day played out in the LPGA Volvik Championship on May 27 in Ann Arbor, David Beeler III went into cardiac arrest.

Beeler, 26, of Southgate, had been watching the tournament from a skybox at Travis Pointe Country Club. He was unresponsive and not breathing when Dr. Edward "Skip" Walton and his daughter Meredith Walton - who happened to be at the LPGA championship event - began trying to resuscitate Beeler.

Skip Walton, who is the medical director at North Star Reach in Pinckney, had been manning a tent off the 18th green promoting the nonprofit camp for youth with serious medical illnesses. Meredith assisted him - at both the tent and saving Beeler's life.

Just two weeks earlier, Meredith had completed her medical degree from the University of Michigan, and she's now beginning her emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital. She and her father spent more than 20 minutes giving Beeler CPR before he regained a pulse.

Other bystanders who came to Beeler's aid included Rex Vilaubi, a retired Los Angeles fire captain who was at the Volvik Championship to watch his daughter compete, and Pat Ryan, a retired provider from the Henry Ford Health System.

"To see such a young person in this condition was a real shock. We worked very hard to keep David alive," said Skip Walton in a press release prepared by North Star Reach. Walton practices at St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit.

Beeler was transported to Michigan Medicine and has recovered. He spent a week in the hospital and received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to prevent a recurrence of his collapse. He had no previous indication of heart issues.

"God gave me a second chance at life," Beeler said. "I'm very grateful for it."

Beeler confirmed details of the incident on Wednesday, July 5.

Skip and Meredith Walton visited Beeler in the hospital, and they invited him and his family to attend the opening of North Star Reach's cardiology camp on Sunday, July 9. Beeler will have a chance to meet younger cardiology patients ages 7 to 15 from area hospitals.

"I'm looking forward to talking to people who have been through what I've gone through," Beeler said.

Skip noted that it was his daughter's first time performing CPR.

"What we did is something anyone can learn. CPR, if started early, is what saves lives," he said. "I'm very proud of her. It was very special that the first life she helped to save as a doctor, we saved together."